A wool industry stalwart has retired after 48 years in the industry — a decision he described as “bittersweet”.
Melissa Pedelty
An independent wool collective will host two of China’s leading wool processors in interactive information sessions next month.
The Australian Wool Exchange has ended the financial year with the release of an optimistic outlook on the future of the wool industry.
The Future Flock Strategy will now be a ‘living document’, which a leading sheep industry body says is far from what was originally promised.
A team of Australian research scientists has discovered determining a sheep’s methane production is as easy and inexpensive as reading a wool sample.
WA shearers and woolhandlers were recognised for their excellence during the WA Competition Shearing Association’s 2026-26 show circuit held across the State.
Bob Garnant
WoolProducers Australia is eyeing export opportunities to Bangladesh after a seminar in Dhaka indicated the country’s growing interest in natural fibres.
Three bales of superfine Merino wool sold through the WA wool auction system have raised a combined total of $8639 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service WA.
Newly appointed WA Shearing Industry Association president Sarah Buscumb looks forward to continuing the great work of her predecessor and stamping her passion for wool on the industry.
Industry stakeholders have celebrated the positive outlook for wool, but say there needs to be improved grower, classer and contractor dialogue to advance the quality of WA’s product.
Australian Wool Exchange chief executive says he is “extremely grateful” for the WA wool industry’s industry-good mindset.
Boddington’s Justin Haydock has taken a leap of faith, moving from brokering to independent advisory to be part of the next generation of wool professionals driving industry change.
Positive feedback is circulating for a program designed to minimise the negative effect the Federal Government’s live sheep export by sea ban has had on regional Western Australia.
The WA Shearing Industry Association will host its annual general meeting this Saturday, which is open to all interested with updates to include many topics relevant to its theme ‘The Outlook for Wool’.
WA wool industry experts are confident the market will break records in the coming months after another significant price rise this week.
Feedback from the China Industry Discovery Tour organised by the West Australian Wool Collective has been overwhelmingly positive and many have reported a renewed sense of excitement and faith in the industry.
Mulesing is back in the spotlight after a petition with more than half a million signatures to outlaw the practice was presented to the Victorian Parliament.
Georgia Campion
Yealering shearer Tristan White shore 300 sheep during his biggest day in the shed, but ask him what he loves most about the job and the answer has nothing to do with a tally board.
Danielle Marsland
WA woolgrowers and industry stakeholders got a glimpse into the complex processes and supply chain that wool travels through once it leaves the farm.
A 10-year industry project that collected more than two million data points will be presented at a seminar in WA next month.
Rebecca Nadge
The independent review of Australian Wool Innovation invites woolgrowers to have their say on how the organisation performed from 2021-2025.
A peak advocacy body for Australian woolgrowers is continuing to eye additional export markets, completing its third trade delegation to Vietnam in three years.
The WA College of Agriculture – Morawa recently welcomed two industry experts to deliver an immersive, week-long shearing school for years 10, 11 and 12 students.
York wool classer Jasmine Hauiti is pulling back the wool curtain on life in WA shearing sheds with her hit social media account.
